^{1 Ref} Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying,

^{2 Ref} Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves.

^{3 Ref} Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.

^{4 Ref} LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water.

^{5 Ref} The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel.

^{6 Ref} In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.

^{7 Ref} The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

^{8 Ref} They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?

^{9 Ref} My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.

^{10 Ref} Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.

^{11 Ref} They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

^{12 Ref} Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.

^{13 Ref} Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.

^{14 Ref} Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer.

^{15 Ref} And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.

^{16 Ref} Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

^{17 Ref} Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches.

^{18 Ref} Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field.

^{19 Ref} The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money.

^{20 Ref} They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera.

^{21 Ref} The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength.

^{22 Ref} Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones.

^{23 Ref} Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

^{24 Ref} Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent.

^{25 Ref} He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

^{26 Ref} She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples.

^{27 Ref} At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead.

^{28 Ref} The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?

²⁹ Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself,

^{30 Ref} Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?

^{31 Ref} So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years.

^{1 Ref} And Deborah singeth -- also Barak son of Abinoam -- on that day, saying: --

^{2 Ref} `For freeing freemen in Israel, For a people willingly offering themselves Bless ye Jehovah.

^{3 Ref} Hear, ye kings; give ear, ye princes, I, to Jehovah, I -- I do sing, I sing praise to Jehovah, God of Israel.

^{4 Ref} Jehovah, in Thy going forth out of Seir, In Thy stepping out of the field of Edom, Earth trembled, also the heavens dropped, Also thick clouds dropped water.

^{5 Ref} Hills flowed from the face of Jehovah, This one -- Sinai -- From the face of Jehovah, God of Israel.

^{6 Ref} In the days of Shamgar son of Anath -- In the days of Jael -- The ways have ceased, And those going in the paths go `in' crooked ways.

^{7 Ref} Villages ceased in Israel -- they ceased, Till that I arose -- Deborah, That I arose, a mother in Israel.

^{8 Ref} He chooseth new gods, Then war `is' at the gates! A shield is not seen -- and a spear Among forty thousand in Israel.

^{9 Ref} My heart `is' to the lawgivers of Israel, Who are offering themselves willingly among the people, Bless ye Jehovah!

^{10 Ref} Riders on white asses -- Sitters on a long robe -- And walkers by the way -- meditate!

^{11 Ref} By the voice of shouters Between the places of drawing water, There they give out righteous acts of Jehovah, Righteous acts of His villages in Israel, Then ruled in the gates have the people of Jehovah.

^{12 Ref} Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, utter a song; Rise, Barak, and take captive thy captivity, Son of Abinoam.

^{13 Ref} Then him who is left of the honourable ones He caused to rule the people of Jehovah, He caused me to rule among the mighty.

^{14 Ref} Out of Ephraim their root `is' against Amalek. After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples. Out of Machir came down lawgivers, And out of Zebulun those drawing with the reed of a writer.

^{15 Ref} And princes in Issachar `are' with Deborah, Yea, Issachar `is' right with Barak, Into the valley he was sent on his feet. In the divisions of Reuben, Great `are' the decrees of heart!

^{16 Ref} Why hast thou abode between the boundaries, To hear lowings of herds? For the divisions of Reuben, Great `are' the searchings of heart!

^{17 Ref} Gilead beyond the Jordan did tabernacle, And Dan -- why doth he sojourn `in' ships? Asher hath abode at the haven of the seas, And by his creeks doth tabernacle.

^{18 Ref} Zebulun `is' a people who exposed its soul to death, Naphtali also -- on high places of the field.

^{19 Ref} Kings came -- they fought; Then fought kings of Canaan, In Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo; Gain of money they took not!

^{20 Ref} From the heavens they fought: The stars from their highways fought with Sisera.

^{21 Ref} The brook Kishon swept them away, The brook most ancient -- the brook Kishon. Thou dost tread down strength, O my soul!

^{22 Ref} Then broken were the horse-heels, By pransings -- pransings of its mighty ones.

^{23 Ref} Curse Meroz -- said a messenger of Jehovah, Cursing, curse ye its inhabitants, For they came not to the help of Jehovah, To the help of Jehovah among the mighty!

^{24 Ref} Blessed above women is Jael, Wife of Heber the Kenite, Above women in the tent she is blessed.

^{25 Ref} Water he asked -- milk she gave; In a lordly dish she brought near butter.

^{26 Ref} Her hand to the pin she sendeth forth, And her right hand to the labourers' hammer, And she hammered Sisera -- she smote his head, Yea, she smote, and it passed through his temple.

^{27 Ref} Between her feet he bowed -- He fell, he lay down; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell -- destroyed.

^{28 Ref} Through the window she hath looked out -- Yea, she crieth out -- the mother of Sisera, Through the lattice: Wherefore is his chariot delaying to come? Wherefore tarried have the steps of his chariot?

²⁹ The wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself:

^{30 Ref} Do they not find? -- they apportion spoil, A female -- two females -- for every head, Spoil of finger-work for Sisera, Spoil of embroidered finger-work, Finger-work -- a pair of embroidered things, For the necks of the spoil!

^{31 Ref} So do all Thine enemies perish, O Jehovah, And those loving Him `are' As the going out of the sun in its might!' and the land resteth forty years.

^{1 Ref} At that time Deborah and Barak, the son of Abinoam, made this song, saying:

^{2 Ref} Because of the flowing hair of the fighters in Israel, because the people gave themselves freely, give praise to the Lord.

^{3 Ref} Give attention, O kings; give ear, O rulers; I, even I, will make a song to the Lord; I will make melody to the Lord, the God of Israel.

^{4 Ref} Lord, when you went out from Seir, moving like an army from the field of Edom, the earth was shaking and the heavens were troubled, and the clouds were dropping water.

^{5 Ref} The mountains were shaking before the Lord, before the Lord, the God of Israel.

^{6 Ref} In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and travellers went by side roads.

^{7 Ref} Country towns were no more in Israel, *** were no more, till you, Deborah, came up, till you came up as a mother in Israel.

^{8 Ref} They had no one to make arms, there were no more armed men in the towns; was there a body-cover or a spear to be seen among forty thousand in Israel?

^{9 Ref} Come, you rulers of Israel, you who gave yourselves freely among the people: give praise to the Lord.

^{10 Ref} Let them give thought to it, who go on white asses, and those who are walking on the road.

^{11 Ref} Give ear to the women laughing by the water-springs; there they will give again the story of the upright acts of the Lord, all the upright acts of his arm in Israel.

^{12 Ref} Awake! awake! Deborah: awake! awake! give a song: Up! Barak, and take prisoner those who took you prisoner, O son of Abinoam.

^{13 Ref} Then the chiefs went down to the doors; the Lord's people went down among the strong ones.

^{14 Ref} Out of Ephraim they came down into the valley; after you, Benjamin, among your tribesmen; from Machir came down the captains, and from Zebulun those in whose hand is the ruler's rod.

^{15 Ref} Your chiefs, Issachar, were with Deborah; and Naphtali was true to Barak; into the valley they went rushing out at his feet. In Reuben there were divisions, and great searchings of heart.

^{16 Ref} Why did you keep quiet among the sheep, hearing nothing but the watchers piping to the flocks?

^{17 Ref} Gilead was living over Jordan; and Dan was waiting in his ships; Asher kept in his place by the sea's edge, living by his inlets.

^{18 Ref} It was the people of Zebulun who put their lives in danger, even to death, with Naphtali on the high places of the field.

^{19 Ref} The kings came on to the fight, the kings of Canaan were warring; in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo: they took no profit in money.

^{20 Ref} The stars from heaven were fighting; from their highways they were fighting against Sisera.

^{21 Ref} The river Kishon took them violently away, stopping their flight, the river Kishon. Give praise, O my soul, to the strength of the Lord!

^{22 Ref} Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.

^{23 Ref} A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.

^{24 Ref} Blessings be on Jael, more than on all women! Blessings greater than on any in the tents!

^{25 Ref} His request was for water, she gave him milk; she put butter before him on a fair plate.

^{26 Ref} She put out her hand to the tent-pin, and her right hand to the workman's hammer; and she gave Sisera a blow, crushing his head, wounding and driving through his brow.

^{27 Ref} Bent at her feet he went down, he was stretched out; bent at her feet he went down; where he was bent down, there he went down in death.

^{28 Ref} Looking out from the window she gave a cry, the mother of Sisera was crying out through the window, Why is his carriage so long in coming? When will the noise of his wheels be sounding?

²⁹ Her wise women gave answer to her, yes, she made answer again to herself,

^{30 Ref} Are they not getting, are they not parting the goods among them: a young girl or two to every man; and to Sisera robes of coloured needlework, worked in fair colours on this side and on that, for the neck of the queen?

^{31 Ref} So may destruction come on all your haters, O Lord; but let your lovers be like the sun going out in his strength. And for forty years the land had peace.